Joyce Lee’s THE DEAN’S OFFICE… Doesn’t go to the Head of the Class
By Ernest Kearney — Joyce Lee’s "The Dean’s Office" approaches a number of vital issues involving the propagation of systemic racism in the learning institutes of America.
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“DIRTY CHAI – a hip-hop bollywood musical”… The Foot I Use For Toe-Tapping Fell Asleep
By Ernest Kearney — Ruchi Kishore, creator and star of "Dirty Chai – a hip-hop bollywood musical" which recently played during the Hollywood Fringe Festival, has staged a rather flat, staggeringly uninspired girl meets girl romance that is strictly by the numbers.
Tom McAteer’s THE EASTER BUNNY… Finding Monsters in the Mirror’s Reflection
By Ernest Kearney — “The Easter Bunny” is a self-described live stream “urban horror story” by Canada’s Marbles Theatre Group. It was the third virtual show that I had sat through in one evening. The first was a dance performance initially
“GATSBY an immersive illumination – CHAPTER 1: East Egg” Ambling Through an American Literary Classic
By Ernest Kearney - In this refashioning of the first chapter from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel, "The Great Gatsby," the audience is realigned as the embodiment of Nick Carraway, the book’s narrator, and "he/we" arrive at a dinner party thrown by Daisy and Tom
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TOSHANISHA – THE NEW NORMALS – From Kenya with Laughs!
"Toshanisha – The New Normal" is a collaboration between South America’s Os Satyros and Africa’s Bold Theatre Kenya, and
Authenticity: The Musical, The Promise of Potential Not Present
By Ernest Kearney — There are three types of shows I am always in hopes of finding, which keeps me returning, year after year, to the Hollywood Fringe Festival.
GOLDBABY – Lots of Laughs and an Avalanche of Bling
By Ernest Kearney — "Goldbaby" is a sketch group cut from the same cloth as Saturday Night Live, but, to their credit, the group is more consistently funny than SNL has been since since
Erin Fowler’s EGG – A Sunny-Side-Up Production from Down Under
By Ernest Kearney — “EGG,” a clever dance piece chronicling a woman’s life from birth, by Australian Performer Erin Fowler is one of the virtual shows imported to Hollywood Fringe '21 from Down Under.
ESTRAWBERY FIELDS FOREVER… And The Show Felt Like That Too
By Ernest Kearney — In "Estrawbery Fields Forever" (HFF'21), Verenice Zuniga shares with her audiences a journey. Unfortunately it is a journey less like an odyssey of personal discovery and more like the morning rush hour commute on the 405.
Tomoko Karina’s JAPANESE LOVE STORY – SHIZUKA, an Admirable Disappointment
By Ernest Kearney — The love story of Lady Shizuka Gozen (1165 – 1211) and the legendary samurai Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1159 – 1189) has been erroneously compared in the West to Romeo and Juliet.